Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
Thor : Ragnarokdirector Taika Waititi is call for at a jab at Lucasfilm ’s problem with employing directors following theexit ofStar Wars : Episode IXhelmer Colin Trevorrow . There was a huge cosmic work shift in the motion picture industriousness , following Lucasfilm ’s sudden announcement that it would be parting path with Trevorrow , which was attribute to conflicting visions about the yet - to - be - subtitledStar war : Episode IX , the final chapter in the newestStar Warstrilogy .
While the move did n’t seem to be as lurid as the firing of youngHan Soloco - directorsPhil Lord and Chris Millerin June over"creative differences"(some punditsguessed a alteration was comingforEpisode IXafter the critical drubbing and dismal box office of Trevorrow ’s summer indie dramaThe Book of Henry ) , the sudden loss still take the industry aback a act before hypothesis ramped up over who will take take the director ’s place .
of course , gens likeThe Force Awakensdirector J.J. Abrams andThe Last Jedihelmer Rian Johnson have already come up , but beyond those two , it ’s anybody ’s guess who replaces Trevorrow .
One movie maker who ’s decidedly not interested in the job is Waititi , who made it quite clear Tuesday nighttime while answering a tweet from a buff . Waititi , who is interchange the Marvel Cinematic Universe on its ear ( at least judging by the psychedelic trailers ) withThor : Ragnarok , first reply to a fan ’s tweet that advise he take over theEpisode IXby saying,“Lolz . I like to finish my films,“followed by another response that said,“I’d be displace within a week . “See the tweets below :
I ’d be kindle within a workweek . — Taika Waititi ( @TaikaWaititi)September 6 , 2017
While Waititi ’s response were comparatively unretentive , they were to the point and in obvious reference to Lucasfilm ’s woes with not only Trevorrow , but Lord and Miller ( who complete a huge parcel of principal photography before Ron Howard took overHan Solo ) , as well asRogue Onedirector Gareth Edwards ( Tony Gilroy was brought aboard the film for reshoots ) .
It ’s interesting that Waititi - an indie director sweet at the helm of his first blockbuster gig - would be so emboldened to bemock a directorial chance as high profile asStar Wars , peculiarly since Marvel and Lucasfilm both fall under Disney ’s corporate umbrella . Even if he had n’t said anything , the hazard of him getting engage forEpisode IXwere slim to none anyway ; but there ’s no doubt his words will be remembered when it come metre for Lucasfilm to draw up shortlists for futureStar Warsspinoffs .
front at the great photo , perhaps Waititi ’s wrangle represent a acquire feeling in the industry among conductor that as golden an opportunity it is to direct aStar Warsfilm , it ’s choke to come with a lot of compromise that a lot of helmers are n’t unforced to make . By the looks ofThor : Ragnarok , Waititi was give the creative exemption to tell apart a story about the God of Thunder that ’s emphatically different in tone than anything we ’ve seen in aThormovie before ( if not the Marvel Cinematic Universe ) , while withStar Wars , there is likely no elbow room to go outside of the series ' rigid creative parameter . Simply put , Star Warsmovies have a certain tone about them , and there ’s no deviation from that .
So whileEpisode IXwill doubtless land in more than capable men , Kathleen Kennedy and her companion creatives at Lucasfilm will have to do some individual search , and derive up with a plan in the cognitive operation of selecting future theatre director to make certain their visual modality are in sync with one another . You eff the game is pay off wretched when a director like Waititi effectively yanks his name out of the chapeau before the selection process start , and that ’s the sort of thing that Lucasfilm would just as soon do without .
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